Las Vegas restaurants

Expert guide to Las Vegas

An insider's guide to the best places to eat in Las Vegas, including Gordon Ramsay's restaurant, fine dining and the best buffet in the city. By Sara Benson, Telegraph Travel's Las Vegas expert.

Endless all-day buffets and cheap steak dinners are still around, but Las Vegas has become a contemporary culinary capital, where top chefs bet their reputations on high-flying foodie ventures at the Strip’s casino hotels.

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Twist by Pierre Gagnaire

Among the French masters that have invaded the Strip, Pierre Gagnaire’s dining room at the Mandarin Oriental leads the pack with jewel-like nighttime views and a gold-medal wine list. The modern French menu chooses and then artfully fuses the best of la terre et la mer from California, Europe, Asia, and beyond.

Pierre Gagnaire’s dining room at the Mandarin Oriental leads the pack with its jewel-like nighttime views

Gordon Ramsay Steak

In a town known for over-the-top steakhouses, this Hell’s Kitchen chef’s restaurant is a stand-out. Sleek chrome wine towers and lipstick-red leather banquettes add to the ultra-modern atmosphere. A solid menu of surf-and-turf classics such as bone-in New York strip steak and Alaskan king crab legs are accompanied by inspired side dishes and craft cocktails.

In a town known for over-the-top steakhouses, this Hell’s Kitchen chef’s restaurant is a stand-out

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Wicked Spoon Buffet

A global fusion of small plates make this all-you-can-eat extravaganza stand out above most others on the Strip. Make the rounds of over a dozen live-action cooking stations, or show up for weekend champagne brunches and gourmet dinners.

Hash House a Go Go

‘Twisted farm food’ is the catchphrase at this Southern California diner inside the LINQ casino. Portions are ginormous: pancakes come as big as wagon wheels, while egg-and-potato hashes and towers of fried chicken and bacon waffle are piled several hands high. Best for breakfast and brunch. Also downtown at the Plaza casino.

‘Twisted farm food’ is the catchphrase at this Southern California diner